Hannah Harper had Carrie Underwood in tears as she sang about the chaos of being a mom of three young boys during her “American Idol” audition. “I thought finding peace in the quiet’s what I wanted / ...

Songs About Cheese, for bass voice, piano, violin, cello and clarinet, was premiered in December 2013 by Chamber Music at the Scarab Club of Detroit, near where Close grew up. The original idea, ...

Carrie Underwood was blown away by one contestant’s story. In fact, the American Idol judge felt such a strong emotional connection to contestant Hannah Harper’s song “String Cheese,” about her ...